Chick-Fil-A may not represent “Chicago values,” but it sure represents central Texas values. I ventured out to a Chick-Fil-A off 183 north of Austin, TX, this afternoon. I could not believe what I saw. I’ve been to this Chick-Fil-A before, but have never seen it crowded to the rafters like it is today.
The crowd brought a kind of party atmosphere to the restaurant. The kids’ play area was full, as the line in the dining room snaked all the way around, dozens and dozens of Texans patiently waiting to order.
After surveying the packed inside, I stepped back outside to take a look at the line of cars waiting to order at the drive-through. That line snaked all the way around the restaurant and out into a neighboring parking lot shared by other fast food restaurants.
Great Post. Same here @ the Grand Prairie TX store on Carrier and I-20. Police called in to direct traffic, line out the door and around the store for inside service. Had to park a block away to get in line because the drive thru line was tooooo long.
same crowds at the Longmont,Colorado store (which is just outside the People’s Republic of Boulder! )
Same here at the Collins/I-30 Chick-fil-A in Arlington, Texas. Every parking spot filled, drive-thru line backed into the street, extra seating set up outdoors, crowds bulging out of every door. Friendly Arlington cops were on hand to direct traffic. No protesters.
In your face, buttcotters.
God bless Texas (where I’m from) for their expected response.
I would be at my local Chick-fil-a myself but, unfortunately, I am exiled to the Willamette Valley in Oregon, & hardly a bluer place exists. The closest store is over 360 miles away in Boise, Idaho — nothing in the states of Washington & Oregon. I even looked online to see if I could order a baseball cap or something, to wear the colors as it were, but nothing pops up.
Rest assured that I will be glad to participate at whatever store comes my way in the future, & some of you be sure to have one for me in the meantime.
Same here in Washington – nearest is in Idaho at 393 miles. It will be curious to see how Friday’s anti-protest “kiss-in” goes – I suspect that will backfire as well.
We were at the Chick-fil-A in Murphy, Tx (just east of Plano) for lunch today. It was packed, the line for the drive-thru went all the way around the restaurant, in front of the bank next door, and then overflowed out onto FM 544. About half of the parking lot of the nearby Lowe’s was filled with people eating at Chick-fil-A. Oh, yeah, I had the spicy chicken sandwich, too.
Went through the drive-thru in Midwest City, OK. Exact same scene. Line was out the door, some people having to stand in the sun on a 108 degree day. The drive through backed up into the shopping complex parking lot, with drivers taking turns to turn into the drive-thru lane. Awesome!
Same at the S. Austin store at Mopac and 290. Line out the door and drive through snaked through adjacent parking lots. Guy out front with a Gadsden flag. Stuck a blow for anti-bullying!
I just left that very same Chick-Fil-A in the story at 183 North, and yeah, took pictures…line snaked around the restaurant, multiple car lines, people parked in the next door office park and on the grass.
Freedom of speech is alive & well in America. (and the food was delicious).
Can y’all email me some of your pics? bryanp — at — pjmedia — dot — com.
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Thank you to all the people supporting first amendment right today! My husband and I (along with our son who works at the Univ. of Minnesota) went to the Chic-fil-A on the U of M campus today. There were at least 60 people waiting in line – in the middle of one of the most left-wing schools in the country! And, it wasn’t easy to get there – there is lots of construction and many detours that made it a challenge to find it. (Apparently the U of M has plenty of our money to spend) I was proud to be a part of this, and thanks a million to everyone who is taking part!
I admit to a certain ambivalence about this. I am a regular Chick-Fil-A customer and had no intention of joining the boycott. At the same time I decided against joining the anti-boycott. After all, the true measure of success is not the business they do today, but their long-term results. (Though certainly, this is a good indicator of how that will turn out.) As a purely practical matter, it looks like I made the right choice! I’d have probably gone to the Mopac/290 store, or maybe the Barton store. I’d have been waiting awhile.
I can’t help but think that this will help their long-term prospects. I suspect they got a lot of new first-time customers today.
I also suspect that a lot more folks will lean toward Chick-fil-A in the future. After all, if I’m indifferent when chosing among several lunch options why wouldn’t I pick the one that gives me a free side of “up yours, government bullies”? True, they may lose some business because of the CEO’s statements – but those in opposion could never generate this level of passion that the people supporting Chick-fil-A have generated.
Never been to a Chick-Fil-A before. Thank you, intolerant, narrow-minded bullies of Chicago and Boston for expanding my fast food universe.
Hey lefties. Please boycott my company. We could use the business.
Local radio in Richmond is reporting the same phenomenon in all area stores.
This is really going to mess up same store sales numbers for next year.
They could always start an annual ‘Protest Chicago Values Day’. I’d go for a ‘Bite Rahm in the Butt Deal’.
Here in the suburbs of Atlanta, our local Chick Fil A is more than just a fast food joint. The franchisee is highly visible and fully involved in support of local schools, youth sports, churches, etc., that is to say one of the neighbors. I daresay this is the case with many others across the country. We never really needed much convincing that Chick Fil A will do just fine. I don’t know how sales are going today, but we’ll be there for our dinner!
Ditto — both locations here in Pensacola, FL — swamped from before 11:00 in the morning
The wife and kids and I will be hitting the Fort Walton Chick-fil-A for dinner. I’m sure the kids will be just absolutely devastated to be told to go to the play area.
It’s great to see the mass, nationwide outpouring of Americans willing to stand for what is right.
The line at Glenbrook Mall in Fort Wayne, IN at 12:30 looked to be 45 minutes long. They needed 3 security personel to route it.
The NBC affiliate in Sacramento (Yes That Sacramento,the one in California) just showed a brief clip of the Chick-Fil-A location in Roseville. Long lines. Not a bad story either. Except for the sneer in the announcers voice when he said “family values”
I was there. I can confirm. The drive-in line stretched over a mile. The walk in line stretched across the parking lot and took about 30 minutes to get into the store.
It was quite a sight!
My wife and I went to a Chik-Fil-A in Sugar Land. Good lines. The food court in the mall had BUNCHES of tables with Chik-Fil-A bags on them and people eating. The out-of-touch-with-Real-Americans crowd led by the mayors of those extreme liberal cities don’t realize(or don’t care) that we value hard work and wholesome traditional values and are willing to display that. Go Chik-Fil-A and any business willing to stand on their principles. I remember years ago when homosexuals tried to shut down Cracker Barrel. Ever Since the we’ve been regular customers of them all across the country as we travel.
Imagine, all these bigots here in the liberal island that is Austin.
Same exact story at the location on 1431 in Cedar Park…
This NYC pol hasn’t gotten the message and is still tripling down on stupid:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/08/01/nyc-council-speaker-christine-quinn-asks-nyu-to-evict-chick-fil/
Idiocy is obviously no barrier to a successful career in Democratic politics, is it?
It’s not a barrier. It’s a prerequisite.
Do check out Quinn’s letter to the President of NYU – on whose campus is the only Chick Fil A in New York City.
http://politicker.com/2012/07/quinn-breaks-with-bloomberg-over-chick-fil-a-not-welcome-in-nyc/
In the letter, Quinn says New York is a city ‘where we celebrate diversity’. She clarifies what she means by diversity by saying ‘I do not want establishments in my ciy that hold discriminatory views.’ This sentence, besides falsifying what the president of Chick Fil A said, also indicates that it is only a certain type of diversity that she ‘celebrates’. Not said but understood is that the diversity she most celebrates is LBGT diversity. It is quite apparent that she does not consider diversity of opinions as something to be celebrated.
She follows this up by ‘urging’ NYU to sever its relationship with Chick Fil A – but to keep the employees and ‘to ensure that the replacement restaurant lets them retain their jobs.’ This seems to show a fundamental lack of understanding of basic constitutional principles and to reflect a mindset that borders on the dictatorial.
This is the woman, who as Speaker of the City Council, has such an iron hold over the members of said Council that in the recent vote on NYU’s Plan 2031, all but one of those present and voting voted as the Speaker wished – in favor of the plan – even though the Community Board had voted unanimously against the plan and even though hundreds of residents had spoken against the plan. The Council vote went this way even though many individual councilmembers had great reservations and understood and sympathized with the concerns of the residents.
After the vote, one council member expressed her condolances to a few of us as we were leaving City Hall. I asked her why she voted in favor if she felt that way. She explained: Quinn controls the money. Don’t vote as she wishes and you don’t get money for your district. I have a responsibility to my district.
In my mind, it is hard to discern any significant difference between Quinn’s behavior as regards the vote and her intentions in her letter. In both, there is an unwillingness to let others either express or act on their opinions.
It is quite remarkable that Quinn turned on NYU only a few days after giving them one of the biggest boondoggles in New York City. The vote was on We 25 JUL; her letter was dated Sa 28 JUL. Mayor Menino of Boston had already spoken out on 19 JUL and Mayor Emanuel of Chicago on 25 JUL.
Clearly, Quinn held off until after the vote. For various political reasons, probably having to do with real estate interests, she had to deliver the vote for NYU; and if she had come out against NYU regarding Chick Fil A earlier she might have jeopardized that vote. However, her loyalty to the LGBT cause was so great that she could not keep herself from entering the fray – but only after she had first delivered the vote.
What is frightening is that this woman is planning on running for mayor of New York. If it was the real estate interests that she served in the NYU vote, they will support her campaign. All I can hope for is that she will self destruct well before the election next year.
Same story north of Dallas; 30 plus minute wait for a sandwich, and I had to park across the street. I predict this will shape up as highest grossing day in their history.
People power!
A good example of how detached our gov’t bureaucracies, media and school college classes are perhaps out of touch with America. Tinkering with a fine tuned engine that’s not broken is one thing but bringing in failure to help is worse. God save America from liberal progressives.
Odds of this making the national news?
I’m in Northern California. It took 30 minutes to get into the store. The drive-in line stretched over 1 mile. The people in line came all the way over from Reno, a distance of over 100 miles.
We waited in line for an hour and a half in the walk-in line in Colorado Springs to get lunch for our staff. The line for the drive through went around the building across the parking lot and across the entire Target parking lot to Target’s front door.
The Chick-Fil-A Crowd
Was like a Tea Party “mob”.
Quiet and Polite.
I am an old veteran of various lefty protests (UC Berkeley, Class of ’90), but I have been going to a lot of Tea Party protests in the last few years. I love the Tea Party vibe. We’re all intense and passionate, but we are unfailingly polite and supportive of one another. And we pick up our own litter. Not like the disorganized mayhem I remember from my mis-spent youth.
We had big crowds here in Southern California as well, and to a person the people waiting in line were going out of their way to be kind to each other.
Saw the same at the Westlake Hills Location @ Bee Caves and 360. Great thing to be a part of. For me it was about the First Amendment.
It sure seems to me that negative attacks by the Obmamites and the use of blatant smears to do so on institutions and opponents that they disprove of has been generating rapid blow backs. Victor David Hanson used the phrase “An Empire of lies” when talking about California. It seems to have a much broader application to me.
Well, the Chick-fil-A in Cedar Park (1890 Ranch location), just north of Austin, was nothing like these (kidding) – the double drive through was 15 cars deep at 2 pm and people were parking at the mall area and walking over. Sad to say we didn’t have that much time needing to get back for a meeting so we had to go to My-T-Fine next door. Just talked to my wife, though, and looks like we’ll do our local CFA this evening.
I tried to get lunch at the one in Mechanicsburg, PA. The lines of cars ran too long for me to get lunch in a half hour. Two lines of cars for both entrances to the shopping center and that’s even before you actually got to the Chick-Fil-A parking lot. I’m going to swing through to pick up a dinner sandwich, if the line isn’t too long. If it is, I’ll snap a pic and email it.
Sad to say, I have to report that Chick-fil-A does discriminate. . . . . .against us here in Oregon.
There’s no store for about 500 miles!! How in the world can I show my support?
I wish they just had a pay-pal tip jar on their website so I could support them that way. . . . . . .
Go to their website and check out the community activities. I am sure the charities they support accept on line contributions for the cost of a lunch.
“Today KFC announced plans to increase business by bad mouthing the Obama Administration on talk radio, billboards, and various Internet sites.”
A&W announcing the return of the Momma and Poppa Burgers…
I see what you did there. We had an A&W in the town where I grew up, it still had carhop service and the frozen glass mugs for the root beer all the way up into the late Seventies.
A&W is huge in Canada, & they still have the whole family. Don’t miss the french fries & gravy.
Since Harry Reid can relate the content of fantasy phone calls, I thought I might as well.
Today, President Obama called Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago. The conversation was short and one-sided. Those near the phone heard the President say, “Stop helping!”
I had both breakfast and lunch at the Chick-Fil-A here in Beaumont, TX. People were walking out with huge sacks full chicken sandwiches…The employees were extremely upbeat and they were passing out coupons for free sandwiches. Nice to see the support!
Nothing like an act of evil to bring out the good in people.
Now if we can just get the evil b@sterds of public office.
That’s exactly what we did in 2008. We let the bastArds back in in 2010, but out they’ll go in 2012. Of course, you mean the tea baggers, right? As for President Obama, the red states (they’re thrones with the highest illiteracy, the greatest number of failing schools, the most abortions per capita, the highest divorce rates–you know, the Mecca of the religious right), they will go red. They’d vote for road kill to keep their guns and secret meth labs. But the indies in the states up for grabs are sick of relig-o-speaking corporate stooges and their empty headed candidate. Pennsylvania headlines today screamed an 11% Obama lead that is the beginning of the end for tea baggers everywhere. So, sorry, pal…… It’s another four years of Obama. Expect the gloves to come off, too.
Made an attempt to visit my local CFA in Smyrna, TN, couldn’t get within 1/4 mile of the line to hit the drive-thru. As #6 mcg mentioned, I abandoned my visit today since I am a regular customer and will always be back on ‘non anti-boycott’ days.
Still, was a great sight to behold
Just a comment about Whole Foods, I was a customer just because the CEO proposed some very good changes to the health care system in 2009. I stopped being a customer in 2011 because they supported the Wall Street Occupiers.
Wouldn’t it be fun if Chick-Fil-A catered the Republican Convention? Maybe ran a commercial during the convention that touted the First Ammendment, brought to you by Chick-Fil-A?
God, no! This has nothing to with the Republican party. Don’t let them usurp this. This is freedom and democracy as it’s best and purest.
My husband tried to go to a Chick-Fil-A today in South Florida (Pompano Beach) and he was forced to go else where for lunch because he could not get near the place! Cars were in a line around the block. He said it was a mad house of support.
The Chick-Fil-A in Costa Mesa, CA had lines out the door and down the sidewalk. Plus, the drive-thru line had a couple dozen cars at least. A 30+ minute wait. A preview of a November rout? Let’s hope so…
So tell me…where is this overwhelming opposition to the “bigots” that run Chick-Fil-A? In the imagination of the lamestream media only?
Asheville, NC — Biltmore Square Mall food court had Chick Fil-A line snaking all the way around, parking lot on that side of the struggling mall was full, people streaming in. Same story in the other two Chick Fil-As in the area. Other people (like myself) left to try again later. (Curbside was shut down as they couldn’t handle that and the inside lines.)
Listen up: The First Amendment *MATTERS* lefties.
We were there for dinner tonight. The line was out the door and the cashier said that they had been that way since 11AM! The local news rag had a picture of 4 protesters at another location in Asheville instead of the huge numbers of supporters. When we arrived at the counter at around 7pm one of the employees brought out a ladder and announced that they were out of the chicken breading so there was only enough chicken for the next few people in line. The crowd broke out in applause cause they were out of food and they would not be able to serve all the customers! Many people left, however there were several that stayed to get gift cards, drinks, shakes and other items that they had left. The staff was great, after being swamped all day they still had smiles and were very polite. Way to go America! This is not a ghey rights/marriage issue it is a FREE SPEECH issue. Do not let anyone frame it any other way!!
Schaumburg, IL – Golf Road outside Woodfield mall had over 1 hour wait in line for the drive-up. Local PD directing traffic, huge walk-in line snaking around the building. Everyone had a smile on their face and a positive attitude.
All these calls to support “the first amendment” sound a lot like the old calls to support “states’ rights” back in the day. Wrong side of history.
Except that they don’t sound anything like that at all.
States’ rights are important. The movement to defend them deserved (and deserves) the support of every American. Only the states have the power to break the back of the imperial serpent in Washington, D.C. and loose his coils from our necks.
Far from being a relic, the states’ rights/state sovereignity/X Amendment movement is the political wave of the future.
So, um, “WG” — why do you hate free speech?
Since I suspect you support the party that employed Bull Conner, I will accept you as an expert on the suppression of Freedom. When you get back from the book burning (I suspect it will be a bible), feel free to tell us all about exactly whichever Constitutional Amendment you feel like vilifying tomorrow.
This is what the Fairfax VA Chick-fil-A looks like every day.
Eat mor dog!
Can I assume that your comment was directed towards Obama?
BTW, to all the liberals opposed to Chick-Fil-A’s stance, all I have to say is “Eat more crow!”
I just got back from Chick-fil-A on Hillcrest and University next to SMU in Dallas. The place was fiskin’ packed at 2:30 in the afternoon. I talked with some of the regulars in line and they say they have never seen it so full on a Wednesday afternoon.
The staff, from the girl who took my order to the harried manager who handed me my food to the guy cleaning tables, were all smiling and friendly as the day is bright.
The food was hot and very good.
The store was clean in spite of a loooooooooong rush period (I was raised bu a top-notch fast food manager and know how tough keeping a store clean during a rush is).
They had freaking real flowers in vases on the tables!
I’m wondering now if this is typical of other stores.
The only other times I have eaten Chick-fil-A have been at malls, and it has been years since I last ate there, but I am now going the extra few miles to that store for my future fast food cravings.
Went to two CFA in V irginia Beach. At the first, the line was so long, thought I’d try another (our regular). The lines there, both drive-thru and parking and walk in were extremely long. Everyone seemed happy and upbeat. Have never seen so many at either location.
Nice.
Good food, good service. Live their values. Best employees and cleanest fast-food eateries I have ever entered.
Here’s a link to the Sacramento TV Piece
http://www.kcra.com/news/local-news/news-sacramento/-/12969376/15928766/-/h54o70z/-/index.html
Heh.
And here’s the new KCRA headline that just showed up.
“Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day’ draws mixed reactions”
I knew it was coming but jeez guys.
a local radio station (not a KPBS affiliate) is reporting a huge line at a Chic-fil-A in San Diego.
Can you believe this!! Doing business errands in Torrance, California driving its main thoroughfare, Hawthorne Blvd. where there are 2 recently opened Chick-Fill-locations. Both were jam packed with the crowds at one creating a traffic jam at the intersection where it is located.
I was planning to purchase lunch but when I saw the lines (at least a 100 people deep)I gave up but will return tomorrow. Looks like another liberal democrap backfire on the lefty lunatics and their tools in government & the media.
Massive line outside the one near me, east side of Cincinnati. Couldn’t see the drive-through, but the line waiting to get in was 100′ long, 3-4 people wide.
(Yes, I measured the length of the line. Google Maps is your friend.)
Just got back from the Port Orange, Florida shop. Place was packed to the gills even though it was just before 5PM dinner rush hadn’t started yet. Six registers taking orders but not a long wait. All the employees were smiling and friendly though harried. One of the wait staff said it had slowed for a little while after breakfast but had picked up again for lunch and had been going strong all afternoon.
Let’s hope all those people head for the polls in November to vote the Choom Gangster into unemployment.
I don’t think any restaurant chain could handle a 10-fold increase in volume without some problems. It is highly likely that they will run out of food, and/or have some problems with quality control, in the short run. But while these could be significant issues, I’m sure most businesses would love to have such problems.
Chic-fil-A’s are few and far between in the Northeast. I drove over an hour from Providence RI to Burlington Ma.I don’t care one way or another about the gay marriage issue, but I hold free speech real dear. Expected to get there, grab a sandwich and head back home.
Got there at 2:20, and the line stretched over 100 yards, easy. With all registers cranking, didn’t get served until 3:20.
Spent my time in pleasant converstion with like minded people; a 79 year old hungarian refugee turned machinist; a 55 year old Irish-American fireman; a 51 year old black-american laid off from a printing company, and his three daughters, and myself, a 61 year old accountant trying to rehab from a motorcycle accident.
Only one of us was there based on religious reasons; the other 3 were there because of the free speech issues raised in Boston and elsewhere; 2 of the four of us had voted for Obama, none intended to do so in the coming election.
I am in highland heights Ohio (east side of Cleveland) in deep blue Cuyahoga county.
I have been waiting in line for 20 minutes with an easy 20 more to go, the line is outside building the restaurant is full and the cars are snaking around the parking lot.
“Maybe lefty boycotts are the key to getting American business back on its feet.”
Worked for the firearms industry, too.
Unfortunately I’ve not got a Chick-fil-A near me. The closest one is 150 miles away at Scranton University or down near Harrisburg, PA otherwise I would have been in one of those lines. Hey! Cathy, open a franchise in Watkins Glen, Corning, Elmira (all NY) or Williamsport, PA, why don’t ya.
Agree! We’re from Wellsboro! That area is perfect for a Chick-fil-A – the management has to do it, though – the franchisees have to go where they’re told to go.
I heard Rush Limbaugh say on the radio today (paraphrasing), “It’s as if a nationwide Tea Party rally spontaneously sprung up.”
I’m off to my local restaurant in a few minutes. I waited until 7:00 pm EDT so I’ll hopefully miss the bulk of the dinner crowd. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I posted this comment on another PJ article, but it needs to be pointed out the contrast of conservative activism which centers around a rally to commit an act of commerce on behalf of an unfairly targeted business is sweet and subtle irony compared to the loud obnoxious and phoney occu-pie rallies last summer that trashed public parks and caused many of our cities to expend tax dollars protecting the rabble from themselves. This movement today gives me hope we will create a silent tsunmi this Nov, despite the MSM’s continuous attempts to tell us our movement is dead. I went to Chik for lunch, and will go to another Chik on the way home.
Mission accomplished. I arrived at 7:20 and the line was out the door and snaking around the front of the building. The line of cars for the drive-thru was backed up on the road as far as I could see. There was a local TV news van in the parking lot, but I didn’t see any announcers or cameramen. They had probably done a spot for the evening news and were already finished.
I got into the building at 7:50 and was served around 8:05-8:10. I finished my meal at 8:30. Surprisingly there were always enough seats as the rate of people leaving roughly matched the rate of people arriving. As I left the end of the line was finally inside the building.
The employees were working their butts off but were good-natured about it. I haven’t lines and a crowd like that since my last Dead concert.
I was seriously thinking of wearing my Gadsden t-shirt but decided not to. I reasoned that it was not a political rally but just a show of support for a private business by ordinary people. My instincts proved correct. I didn’t see any political messages, just an occasional American flag on a t-shirt.
Hey, I live in Maryland, in PG County, which has got to be the bluest county in this blue state. Our Chik Fil A was packed, too, with the drive-in line going around the building when I was there, which as about 5pm.
Oh, and PG County is predominantly black, and we love our Chik Fil A! What was great about it was the energy, it was like everyone there knew why they were there. Maybe there were some there that didn’t know what was going on, but I think most did. As I left, there was still a steady stream of cars.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be their biggest sales day ever. And, they didn’t even have to put out a single ad. Amazing!
Warrenton, VA and Culpeper, VA were mobbed today. Here’s the story:
http://www.fauquier.com/index.php/news/article/customers_rally_in_support_of_warrentons_chick_fil_a
In the Culpeper store at dinnertime, my husband joined in and sang “God Bless America” in the restaurant, followed by clapping and cheering.
110-ish degrees here in Lawton, OK at 6:20pm. We have one Chik-Fil-A which at this moment is packed, parking lot full drive through backed up out onto the main road. Can’t wait what looks to be an hour wait+ to eat following my 90 minute commute from OKC, so I’ll stop in tmo and tell em about it. Putting my spicy chik sammich on hold.
How about setting up Chik-Fil-A’s in a ring around Chi-town and Boston outside city limits and periodically remind those corrupt jackwagons just how much tax revenue they’re not getting?
And along the Indiana/Illinoyed border.
You guys make proud to be American.
Just tried to go to the store in Des Peres, MO. Couldn’t even get into the parking lot. Line was out the door and halfway around the place. Drive-through was lined up to the street. Three pro-gay sign holders on the sidewalk.
I drove by the Chick-Fil-A on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California at 4 pm Tuesday August 1. Every outdoor seat was filled and a line of customers extended out of the restaraunt onto the Highland Avenue sidewalk. I estimate at least 20 customers were waiting outside when I drove by. Two local TV news trucks were also there setting up for what looked like live reports from the scene.
Don’t even like Chick-Fil-A much, but I was there today at a local food court with dozens of eating joints.
The entire seating area was full, and 99% of the sacks were Chick-Fil-A. These pictures are mere chicken feed compared to what I witnessed in Tulsa, OK.
Eat that, Rahm.
so this is what piety and politics has devolved to : what fast-food joint you patronize.
For those boycotting, the issue is not about the Chic-Fil-A CEO’s 1st amendment rights. Its not about what he said. Its about what the company does. Simply put, CFA has donated millions of dollars in corporate profits to anti-gay organizations, who actively lobby against gay-rights, e.g. the right to marry. For those who have boycotted CFA, it is a 14th amendment issue. And just as CFA’s CEO has the right to oppose gay-rights, those who support gay rights have the right to boycott CFA. And why wouldn’t they when a portion of the money spent at CFA is funneled to what they believe is discrimination?
For those buycotting, the issue is entirely about everyone‘s 1st Amendment rights. It’s about showing support for freedom of speech and freedom of religion and not giving in to the gay fascists who want to use the government to punish thoughtcrime.
Simply put, CFA made millions of dollars in extra corporate profits from this buycott, which they can now spend however they damn well please!
People showed their support of CFA against the anti-Christian gay organizations, who actively lobby against Christian-rights, e.g. the right to express Christian beliefs.
For those who have buycotted CFA, it’s a 1st Amendment issue. And just as gays like you, Allan, can oppose Christian-rights, those who support freedom of religion and freedom of speech have the right to buycott CFA.
And why wouldn’t they when they not only get to enjoy delicious chicken, waffle fries, and lemonade, but also get to send a message to the gay fascists that they won’t put up with that totalitarian bullshit? Win-win!
First, not gay, Dick.
Second, you’re right in that CFA can spend their corporate profits however they please, though when spending those corporate profits involves lobbying then an additional issue becomes that of corporate personhood. A discussion for another day.
Third, you’re right in that everyone is protected by the 1st Amendment. Pretty wonderful that we can even have these conversations, isn’t it?
However, you’re wrong in that you think there is an anti-Christian objective in the LBGT community. No one is saying you or anyone else can’t practice religion however you would like so long as it doesn’t infringe on the constitutionally guaranteed rights of others. However, the organization that CFA has contributed to are specifically lobbying to deny equal rights to others through the powers of government. That is totalitarianism.
The entire “LBGT community” is anti-Christian.
They don’t accept a Christian who speaks and acts according to his faith, including believing in and supporting the biblical definition of marriage. That’s why they tried to get their fascist representatives in government to try to violate the 1st Amendment rights of people like Dan Cathy and corporations like Chick-fil-A.
That is totalitarianism.
And judging by the overwhelming support for CFA, it looks like the American people have finally reached their limit with the gay bullies.
“Anti-Christian gay organizations”: How does the religious right ( a valid oxymoron) figure that gay organizations and supporters are a priori anti-Christian? A heterosexual Roman Catholic, I know many gay people who are devoutly religious, active in their church, generous supporters of their communities. Jesus never mentioned gays. Ever. Corinthians cites the following:
“Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers—none of these will inherit the kingdom of God.”
Is THIS your evidence that Christ vomits on gays, that sodomites and male prostitutes are listed with other sins that will exclude the faithful from heaven?
Ever been drunk? You’re out! Did you and the wifey play hide the salamie before you jumped the broom? Busted! Do you worship the Dallas Cowboys? Zapped! You get the idea.
So get off your high religious horse. You fear gays because the occasional gay thoughts that flutter through your mind scare the hell out of you. I fear religious zealots like Mr. Cathy ( who likely fears his girlish name) who take company profits, my money, and use them to discriminate in the name of God. God knows what that is….. And he will be waiting for Mr. Cathy to settle accounts. Mr. Cathy should not wait for me ever to darken his doors. Jesus wept.
1. I’m an atheist who believes in and supports the freedom of speech and freedom of religion guaranteed by the 1st Amendment. I hate the gay fascists who try to use government officials to bully a Christian business owner because he stated in an interview that he believes the Bible and the teachings of his church.
2. I wondered how long it would be before some gay fascist pranced in and tried to shut down debate with the schoolyard tactic of claiming that the other guy is really just a self-hating closeted queer. Achievement unlocked!
3. I appreciate you going out of your way in your comment to demonstrate the truth of my earlier point that the “gay community” is virulently anti-Christian.
I too visited a north Texas Chick-Fil-A, first time ever as I am a vegetarian and as a rule do not frequent fast food locations. Nevertheless, I purchased a gift card just to support the establishment. The line was out the door and working its way around the building! The drive through was also around the building and the parking lot was jammed. Had to park in the neighboring lot and walk over. The heat was 105+ but the support was 1000%! It is so refreshing to see this kind of response to a PC comment by the out of control left against a business establishment.
The various and sundry comments made about and against Christian Holidays, Prayer Ceremonies, and Decorations is appauling, but to attempt to boycott a business becaue of religious belief in America is 100% against why this country was founded. I pray that God sees fit to continue the many blessings He has bestowed on America.
The entire LGBT community is NOT anti-Christian. Many identify themselves as Christian. There are dozens of national and international organizations for LGBT Christians. Proof is a google search away.
“I appreciate you going out of your way in your comment to demonstrate the truth of my earlier point that the “gay community” is virulently anti-Christian.”
The dude is a “heterosexual Roman Catholic” so while perhaps part of the LGBT community through association, not gay, and certainly not anti-Christian. Further, logically a single example of LGBT discrimination towards Christians, even if this were the case, does not imply that all within the LGBT community discriminate towards Christians.
The real issue underlying all this is not one’s beliefs regarding definition of marriage. Its the state-sponsored benefits granted to those who are married. When a section of the population is discriminated against and not granted equal benefits under the law, that is a violation of the 14th Amendment. That is why DOMA has been ruled unconstitutional in federal courts. And, THAT is exactly what CFA is supporting through their corporate spending. Thus, the boycott.
Regarding the “gay-fascist representatives”, who? Boston’s mayor? Those statements were unfortunate, but more of an opportunistic response to appeal TO the LGBT community than a response to appeals FROM the LGBT community. In any case there is little he could do to block the opening of a new CFA in Boston. He has even said as much.
You give the LGBT community too much credit. Only approximately 5% of the US population identifies as LGBT. Some 75% to 80% identify as Christian. Within congress, currently 483 of 535 members are self-identified Christians. 39 of the other 52 are Jewish. That is an overwhelmingly disproportionate percentage when compared to US society. Christians are vastly better represented in government than any other group, especially LGBT. Of all the members of congress ever, only 6 have openly identified as gay. Ever. Since 1789. You really think gays have enough political sway to impose a totalitarian fascist government discriminating against Christians? Please.
I have even seen a few people from the gay community siding with chick filla on this. The real irony is the CEO’s gay views really are not all that popular, but the extreme fascist speech suppression tactics of the left ended up turning what many still think of as an anti gay bigot into a fearless champion of free speech. When will the left finally learn to slowly build concensus and political support, and ally themselves with libertarians who consistently defend freedom, including free speech, as the NRA did on gun control, instead of their dirty speech suppression tactics. The left managed to turn many libertarians and centrists, who ordinarily might have been sympathetic to gay mariage, into defenders of chick filla.
I take that back. Jews, proportionally at least, are the best represented group in the US. 2% population. 7% congress. Christians as a whole are next though.
The real irony is the CEO’s gay views really are not all that popular, but the extreme fascist speech suppression tactics of the left ended up turning what many still think of as an anti gay bigot into a fearless champion of free speech. When will the left finally learn to slowly build concensus and political support, and ally themselves with libertarians who consistently defend freedom, including free speech, as the NRA did on gun control, instead of their dirty speech suppression tactics. The left managed to turn many libertarians and centrists, who ordinarily might have been sympathetic to gay mariage, into defenders of chick filla.
The bullying, anti-Christian “GLBT community” strikes again:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/08/03/leftist-dont-create-jobs-they-destroy-jobs-and-freedom-at-the-same-time/
The gay fascists don’t seem to understand that the American people don’t support using government agencies as thought police.